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Answer — Exercise 11

9.2 - It's a mystery!·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Some compound adjectives have the main stress on the first part and some on the second part. Listen to the questions from exercise 10 again and underline which part of each compound adjective has the main stress.
  2. Choose the correct option to complete the rules below.

Answer

a)

  • stress on first part → tongue-tied, gift-wrapped, colour-coded
  • stress on second part → red-handed, middle-aged, far-fetched

b)

  1. first
  2. second
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